In this week's episode, the University of Oregon's Carolyn S. Chambers professor in journalism Damian Radcliffe takes us through his latest report into local journalism in the Pacific Northwest: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/22803

In the news round-up, the gang discuss strict new NYT social media guidelines for journalism, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's statement on moderating news content, and whether publishers should 'punish' audiences who come in through social. We can't stop making analogies; we're like sharks who just have to keep swimming.

What we're reading:

• Medium makes its 'open paywall' available to all writers -https://www.wsj.com/articles/medium-opens-subscription-program-to-all-writers-1507651200 via WSJ

• What Facebook did to American democracy - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/what-facebook-did/542502/?utm_source=twb via The Atlantic

• Real news about Fake News - http://www.niemanlab.org/collection/fake-news/ via Nieman Lab

Background music courtesy of Nicolai Heidlas Music via SoundCloud -https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas